i want Diane Sawyer to eat RAMEN NOODLES

[chauncey]

let's go after the MONEY

here are the sponsors for this little pos episode, with the blessing of the site administrators, I'd like to post the LINKS:
AT&T
Kohls
Proctor and Gamble
DSW Shoes
Transitions Lenses
Travelers Insurance
Range Rover
Home Goods
Dunkin Donuts (sniff...sniff)
H&R Block
Reclast
Sprint
Hanes
Remax
New Line Cinema (Warner Brothers)
Verizon
Universal Studios
Cialis/Lilly Pharmaceuticals
Fidelity Investments
Giant Foods
Geico

Here's the letter I penned for them:

I am aware that your company recently sponsored ABC’s 20/20 episode “If I Only Had a Gun”.

This program did not fairly or accurately represent responsible gun ownership, portray any responsible gun owners, or provide balanced reporting concerning the legal use of a firearm to protect myself or my family, should the unfortunate need arise.

As a result of your support of this program, I will make every effort to avoid the use of the products and services your company offers.

(A little something extra, for our friends at Universal Studios and Warner Brothers):

As your company is an entertainment provider, I find particular irony that your company profits from entertainment that portrays gratuitous violence, while at the same time you do not recognize responsible gun use or ownership.

Sincerely,

Your Former Customer.

[riverpirate]

boycot dunkin donuts?????? oh no i cant do that maple donuts went out of buisness around here ! what would i do !!! lol

[son of the revolution]

let's go after the MONEY

here are the sponsors for this little pos episode, with the blessing of the site administrators, I'd like to post the LINKS:
AT&T
Kohls
Proctor and Gamble
DSW Shoes
Transitions Lenses
Travelers Insurance
Range Rover
Home Goods
Dunkin Donuts (sniff...sniff)
H&R Block
Reclast
Sprint
Hanes
Remax
New Line Cinema (Warner Brothers)
Verizon
Universal Studios
Cialis/Lilly Pharmaceuticals
Fidelity Investments
Giant Foods
Geico

Here's the letter I penned for them:

I am aware that your company recently sponsored ABC’s 20/20 episode “If I Only Had a Gun”.

This program did not fairly or accurately represent responsible gun ownership, portray any responsible gun owners, or provide balanced reporting concerning the legal use of a firearm to protect myself or my family, should the unfortunate need arise.

As a result of your support of this program, I will make every effort to avoid the use of the products and services your company offers.

(A little something extra, for our friends at Universal Studios and Warner Brothers):

As your company is an entertainment provider, I find particular irony that your company profits from entertainment that portrays gratuitous violence, while at the same time you do not recognize responsible gun use or ownership.

Sincerely,

Your Former Customer.

Not a bad letter , but I also would have included that 85 million plus law abiding gun owners would now be much more likely to NOT spend their hard earned money with companies that support such a blatant Anti American Agenda

Already listed here

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-114/5...0-20-guns.html

and your list seems short by more then a few , by my count I came up with 30 plus advertisers

So , without further ado , here's the list of the Thirty Three Companies that are perfectly ok with supporting blatant yellow journalism , if it means making a buck .

1) Dannon / DanActive Yougurt
2) Fidelity Investments
3) Cialis
4) The Soloist - Movie
5) Verizon Wireless X Two
6) Extreme Makeover Home Edition
7) Abilify RX
8) Pet Smart
9) Apple I Phone / AT&T
10) Home Goods
11) PA Dept of Health / Quit Smoking
12) Land Rover /Range Rover
13) Travelers Insurance Co
14) Transitions Glasses
15) ABC / Dancing With the Stars
16) DSW Shoes ( Ladies tell your friends !!)
17) Giant Food Stores
18) Geico Ins X Two
19) Kohl's
20) Nicoderm CQ
21) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Movie
22) Remax Real Estate
23) Bali for Women by Hanes
24) ABC Good Morning America X Two
25) ABC Show " Castle "
26) Sprint Wireless
27) Reclast RX
28) H&R Block
29) ABC show " The Unusuals "
30) Action News @ 11pm
31) Dunkin Donuts

[XD40coyote]

Oh the irony,the ad for "Castle" OMG had "gun violence" in it! To add insult to injury, I beleive I saw some gun action in the ad for "The Unusuals" as well.

How can this be? So it is OK to portray and glorify guns via Hollywood, but simply evil and awful and "OMG the children" for real life guns to exist?

[chauncey]

this makes it really easy. I literally e-mailed all of these companies, but one, in 1/2 hour. take the time, to do your part:

http://www.geico.com/about/contactus/email/

https://www.giantfood.com/customer_s....htm?opco=GNTL

https://scs.fidelity.com/accounts/se...nd_frame.shtml

http://www.cialis.com/common_pages/ask_lilly.jsp

http://www.universalstudios.com/cont...hp?email_id=35

shari.e.smith@verizon.com

http://www.warnerbros.com/main/help/...r_service.html

webmaster@remax.com

http://www.hanes.com/Hanes/Marketing...erService.aspx

http://search.sprint.com/inquiraapp/contact.jsp

https://www.reclast.com/jsp/utils/co...nfo/emaili.jsp

https://www.hrblock.com/customer_sup...nSelected=none

https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus...ck.aspx?type=5

https://www.homegoods.com/faq.aspx

https://www.securedcontact.com/conta...g=EN&brand=LRO

https://apps.travelers.com/corporate...contactus.aspx

http://en-us.transitions.com/contactus.htm

http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/custome...send_email.jsp

https://emailus.sbc.com/ermsfp/email...Other+Services

Customer.Service@Kohls.com

http://pg.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/pg.cf...s=72&p_pv=1.72

[chauncey]

Not a bad letter , but I also would have included that 85 million plus law abiding gun owners would now be much more likely to spend their hard earned money with companies that support such a blatant Anti American Agenda

Already listed here

http://forum.pafoa.org/general-114/5...0-20-guns.html

and your list seems short by more then a few , by my count I came up with 30 plus advertisers

So , without further ado , here's the list of the Thirty Three Companies that are perfectly ok with supporting blatant yellow journalism , if it means making a buck .

1) Dannon / DanActive Yougurt
2) Fidelity Investments
3) Cialis
4) The Soloist - Movie
5) Verizon Wireless X Two
6) Extreme Makeover Home Edition
7) Abilify RX
8) Pet Smart
9) Apple I Phone / AT&T
10) Home Goods
11) PA Dept of Health / Quit Smoking
12) Land Rover /Range Rover
13) Travelers Insurance Co
14) Transitions Glasses
15) ABC / Dancing With the Stars
16) DSW Shoes ( Ladies tell your friends !!)
17) Giant Food Stores
18) Geico Ins X Two
19) Kohl's
20) Nicoderm CQ
21) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Movie
22) Remax Real Estate
23) Bali for Women by Hanes
24) ABC Good Morning America X Two
25) ABC Show " Castle "
26) Sprint Wireless
27) Reclast RX
28) H&R Block
29) ABC show " The Unusuals "
30) Action News @ 11pm
31) Dunkin Donuts

thanks for the additional companies on the list, please find links for the ones I missed (I intentionally did not include other ABC shows, bc wtf does ABC care what I think, anyway?). for the movies, i went straight to the studios.

[Decholder]

Great work, I'll do my part.

+Rep coming your way

[ThunderingWind]

Any one care to post a more fleshed out letter/e-mail to send?

[weavagra]

A fast response from Kohl's

Dear Ms. Weaver:

Thank you for taking the time to e-mail us your concerns about our advertising schedule. As it is our intent to provide our customers with quality service, we appreciate the opportunity to review your concerns.

We regret that our advertising has disappointed you. Network advertising packages are purchased months in advance by time slot. In many cases, except for major events such as the Super Bowl, we do not know which specific programming will be aired when our ads run, just that we are buying a prime time advertising slot. Your concerns that our ad ran during the 20/20 show will be shared with our Marketing Department for their future consideration. It was not our intention to offend you or your family. At Kohl's we strive to maintain a business that is family-focused and friendly, and we want our customers to "Expect Great Things." Your feedback is much appreciated and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We appreciate the time you took to contact us and we hope that you will allow us the chance to serve you again in the future.
Sincerely,

Meghan B.
Customer Support Representative

I am a Mr. not a Ms.

[chauncey]

UPDATED E-MAIL ADDRESS TO COMPLAIN TO 'THE RIGHT PEOPLE' AT AT&T:

RM-CERC1@ems.att.com

Kohl's and Transitions wrote back. the Transitions e-mail seemed to be individually written. I got the same crap answer from KOHL's.

let's all hit this hard. I'd like to see some Jr. Advertising Exec's have a REALLY BAD MONDAY explaining a bunch of negative e-mails from customers, at the bottom of a recession.